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Health: translated information

Alzeimers
Asthma
Cancer
Child health
Child safety
Chronic disease: programs
Dental
Diabetes
Diseases and condition
Drug education
Drugs
Health: many topics
Healthy eating
Heart
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis & Sexual Health
Immunisation
Macular degeneration
Medicare
Medicines
Mental health
Refugees
Women
Youth

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Alzeimers

Alzheimer's Australia

Arabic Armenian Chinese Croatian Dutch Finnish
German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian
Japanese Khmer Korean Laotian Latvian Macedonian
Malay Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian
Serbian Spanish Tagalog Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

Asthma

Asthma Foundation

Arabic Bosnian Chinese Croatian Greek Gujarati
Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese   Macedonian
Spanish Sudanese Vietnamese      

Cancer

Health Translations Directory
Victorian Government
39 resources on cancer in a variety of languages

Breast Screening
Breast Screen Victoria

Information in 12 languages

Arabic Chinese Croatian Greek Italian Macedonian
Polish Russian Serbian Spanish Turkish Vietnamese

Cervical cancer and pap smears
Pap Screen Victoria
Resources in a variety of languages about Pap tests, HPV and cervical cancer, as well as brochures, information sheets and posters.

Multilingual cancer phoneline
Cancer Council of Victoria
Callers can listen to cancer information recorded in their own language. They can also connect to a cancer nurse, assisted by an interpreter.

Cancer Directory
Cancer Council NSW
Cancer Directory provides a comprehensive online directory of Australian cancer care resources in English and several community languages.
To search more than 700 information items, please select 'cancer type' then select 'language'.

Child health

Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne
Useful links on various topics including picture based resources and translated information

Child safety

NSW Health
Facts sheets on child safety

Arabic Chinese Dari Khmer Korean Macedonian
Mandarin Persian Spanish Turkish Vietnamese  

Chronic disease: programs

Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland

Dental health

Dental Health Services Victoria

Arabic Chinese English Greek Italian Macedonian
Somali Spanish Turkish Vietnamese    

Diabetes

Diabetes Australia

Arabic Chinese Traditional Chinese Simplified Greek Italian Korean
Spanish Turkish Urdu Vietnamese    


Diseases and conditions

Victorian Government Health Information
68 resources on a variety of conditions in a range of languages

Drug education

National Drugs Campaign

Arabic Chinese Traditional Croatian Greek Italian Macedonian
Maltese Polish Russian Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian (Latin) Spanish

Drugs

Alchohol and other drugs
NSW Government Health Department
Drug information in 23 languages

State Library of NSW
The guide includes information on a range of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, methamphetamines, hallucinogens and cannabis. It also covers drug effects, driving, treatment, pregnancy, drugs and the law and where to go for help and further information

Amharic Arabic Bosnian Chinese Croatian Dari
English Filipino Greek Indonesian Italian Japanese
Khmer Korean Kurdish Lao Macedonian Oromo
Portuguese Pashto Persian Punjabi Russian Samoan
Serbian Somali Spanish Thai Tigrinya Tongan
Turkish Vietnamese        

Australian Greek Welfare Society
Several information sheets on drugs and alchohol available in the Greek language

Health: many topics

Diversity Health Institute Resources
Useful multilingual health information on many topics

Albanian Amharic Arabic Assyrian Bosnian Chinese
Croatian Dari Dink Filipino French German
Greek Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Khmer
Korean Krio Kurdish Lao Macedonian Maltese
Mandarin Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian
Samoan Serbian Sinhalese Somali Spanish Swahili
Tamil Tetum Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese

NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Resources in 64 languages

Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Assyrian Bangla
Bosnian Burmese Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Croatian Czech
Dari Dinka Dutch English Fijian Filipino
French German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesian
Italian Japanese Khmer Korean Kurdish Kirundi
Lao Macedonian Malay Maltese Maori Oromo
Pashto Persian / Farsi Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian
Russian Samoan Serbian Sinhalese Somali Sorani
Spanish Tamil Tetum Thai Tigrinyna Tongan
Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese    

Health checks
NSW Refugee Health Service
This resource provides recently arrived African communities with clear information about health checks and procedures in Australia. The online DVD is available in English, Dinka, Kirundi and Swahili

Health Translations Directory
Victorian Government

68 resources on a variety of conditions in mny  languages

NSW Public Schools
Translated information in 47 languages for parents and carers on diabetes, drugs, diseases and conditions

Healthy eating

Healthy eating and living in Australia
Foundation House
Information to Shop Well, Eat Well and Feel Well – pamphlets targeted to people shortly after they have arrived in Australia, available in various community languages

Arabic Bosnian Croatian Serbian Somali English

Heart

Victorian Government Health Information
A wide range of translated information topics about heart health in several languages

HIV/AIDS, hepatitis & sexual health

Multilingual sexual health brochures
Marie Stopes International Australia
Translated information in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese

Immunisation: translated sheets

Victorian Government health information

Arabic Bosnian Burmese Chinese Croatian Dari
Farsi Greek Indonesian Italian Japanese Karen
Khmer Korean Macedonian Maltese Polish Russian
Serbian Sinhala Somali Spanish Thai Turkish
Vietnamese          

Macular degeneration: translated information

Macular Degeneration Foundation

Arabic Chinese Greek Italian Vietnamese

Medicare: translated information

Information kits
Kit in 19 languages for new arrivals to Australia with information about health programs, including Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Arabic Bosnian Chinese Croatian Dinka Farsi
Greek Hindi Indonesian Italian Khmer Korean
Macedonian Russian Serbian Spanish Tagalog Turkish
Vietnamese          

Medicines

Managing your medicine
Multilingual Health Communication Service

A variety of factsheets about medicines and their use in the following languages

Arabic Chinese Traditional English Greek Italian Macedonian
Spanish Turkish Vietnamese      

Translated information about medicines
National Prescription Service

Arabic Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Croatian Greek Italian
Korean Macedonian Spanish Vietnamese    

Talking about medicines
NSW Refugee Health Service

This audio resource discusses the safe use of medications in Southern Sudanese Arabic, Dinka and Krio

Mental health

Beyond Blue
Information about depression in many languages

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
Three brochures translated in 7 languages
The best for me and baby: for women with a mental health problem or mental illness - and their partners - who are thinking about having a baby, are new parents or are about to have a baby
Family talk tips and information:  for parents with mental health problems, their children, other family members and support people
Piecing the puzzle together: for people living with a mental health problem or mental illness, whose children are aged between 2 and 7 years

Arabic Chinese Dinka Hindi Spanish Swahili
Vietnamese          

Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Arabic Bosnian Chinese Croatian English Filipino
Greek Hmong Indonesian Italian Khmer Macedonian
Maltese Persian Polish Punjabi Russian Samoan
Serbian Spanish Turkish Vietnamese  

Startts
NSW Service for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors

Albanian Arabic Bosnian Chinese Croatian Dari/Farsi
English Karen Khmer Serbian Spanish Tamil
Vietnamese          

NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Arabic Albanian Amharic Assyrian Bosnian Croatian
Dari Dinka English German Hindi Indonesian
Italian Khmer Korean Kurdish Lao Macedonian
Maltese Persian   Punjabi Russian Samoan
Serbian Spanish Swahili Tagalog / Filipino
Tamil Tetum
Thai Turkish Vietnamese      

Refugees

NSW Refugee Health Service
Translated resources to promote the health of people from a refugee background living in NSW by assisting refugees, and the health professionals who work with them.

NSW health care system

Arabic Assyrian Burmese Chinese Dari Dinka
English Karen Korean Kurdish Persian Serbian
Somali Spanish Thai Turkish Vietnamese  

Women's health

Search also under a specific health topic such as cancer

Multicultural Centre for Womens Health
The centre provides an online subject guide to the resources held in their library in over 70 languages

Youth health

Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia
Audio clips for young people about healthy lifestyle choices

Arabic Cantonese Dari Mandarin Persian

Sexual health for young deaf people
The Deaf Society of NSW
Online information available in Auslan